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I recommend the poster start a new topic and have fights by himself, since it appears understanding comprehension on "examples" escape the poster.

If anyone wishes to divert this topic to generations, I propose a new topic be generated, or it can go into JW closed club where hypocrisy can be challenged and discussed by individuals wishing to understand scripture from a standpoint of their own human failure in understanding.

I was no referring to the poster but to your words that human intelligence is needed to understand the Word of God. I was also not criticizing, just bringing attention to the fact that we should be more humble about the source of our understanding of God's word.  We do not need Jehovah's spirit to understand common sense or science or some worldly matters but I do think that we the help of God to understand the true message of the bible - the sacred secret of the kingdom and everything related to it.

Since I have forgotten who ‘poster’ is, should i introduce a character by the name of Pete Poster to take his place alongside Rolf Kramden?

“Day after day, alone on his dunghill, the dog with a thousand fleas is keeping perfectly still.”
Moise will think it a reference to himself, but it is actually a good-natured one to the cowboy hat-wearing, Dilbert-reading mutt.

Schwetzinger Zeitung 11 November 2017
Kurt Willy Triller’s credentials unknown
Reformation Jubilee - Martin Luther also used this term for God / Over 1000 years old / Contained in many quotations from the Bible
Don't forget the name Jehovah
A lot is being written about Luther in the well-known press these days, and in particular his various translations of the Bible are mentioned. Unfortunately, one particular point is missing, namely that Martin Luther used the name of God Jehovah and drew attention to it.
For Jehovah's Witnesses, their God Jehovah is everything. They have given themselves unreservedly to this God and want to contribute to the sanctification of Jehovah's name. Aside from the fact that the major churches and most Christian denominations do not use the name of God at all - except in footnotes in some Bible translations, nor do they make God's name known - we can point to well-documented testimonies that the name Jehovah does not first appear was needed in the 21st century. As anyone can read in their Bible at Romans 3:29, Jehovah is not only the God of the Jews, but the God of all men. In the German-speaking world, Jehovah is the traditional pronunciation of God's name, indeed the demonstrably most common form.
In 1270, the Catholic monk Raimundus Martini used this name in his book "Pugio Fidei" (Dagger of Faith). In the meantime, research has been able to determine that the German pronunciation Jehovah dates back to the year 1000. The well-known Benedictine monk, theologian, and head of the monastery school in St. Gallen/Switzerland, Labeo Notker (950 - 1022), translated numerous works from Latin into German, including the Psalms. Already in the year 1000 AD he used the name of God in Latin Iehovae, but also the German pronunciation Jehovah.
Yes, the oldest Hebrew manuscripts contain the name of God in the form of four consonants "YHWH", called the Tetragrammaton. Even if the orthodox Jews as well as the churches of Christendom want to keep silent about the divine name, they should search in the archives, study their own churches carefully, read old Bible translations and they would then always come across the divine name Jehovah. In the courtyard of the Heidelberg Castle, for example, the name Iehovae and "YHWH" are engraved on a stone tablet on the castle. The castle was first mentioned in a document in 1303, while the stone tablet was added in 1592 due to an extension. Also at the "Hotel Ritter" in Heidelberg one reads the name Jehovah on the parapet of the central axis in gold letters. This Renaissance building was built in 1592. In the "Hymnal for the Evangelical Protestant Church of the Grand Duchy of Baden", Karlsruhe 1882, by Oberkirchenrat von Stösser, song no. 12 reads: "I want to sing to you, Jehovah!" Song No. 46 reads: "Jehovah, Jehovah, Jehovah to your name be glory, power and glory". In the original text of Holy Scripture or the Bible, the divine name "YHWH" or "YHWH" or "JHVH" occurs in 7,216 places and is vocabulized as Jehovah. What did Jesus say about his father's name? Jesus Christ, the Son of God, says the following in Matthew 6:9: "Our Father which is in heaven. Hallowed be thy name!" In the Bible book of Ezekiel alone, according to the Brockhaus translation, the statement occurs 67 times: "And they will know that I am Jehovah!" As the Bible clearly shows, there comes a time when all must recognize and truly perceive that God has a name: "And I will sanctify my great name, which is profaned among the nations. And the nations will know that I am Jehovah , says the Lord Jehovah, when I sanctify myself before their eyes. I, Jehovah, have spoken and will do it!" - Ezekiel 36:22, 23, 36 Brockhaus Translation 1871 - Sanctification of the divine name Jehovah is therefore of the utmost importance. To enable everyone to do so, the Bible, the written Word of God, and God's name, Jehovah, have been made known throughout the earth. Luther did this too. profaned among the nations. And the nations will know that I am Jehovah, says the Lord Jehovah, when I sanctify myself before their eyes. I, Jehovah, have spoken and will do it!" - Ezekiel 36:22, 23, 36 Brockhaus Translation 1871 - So sanctification of the divine name Jehovah is of the utmost importance. To enable everyone to do this, the Bible, the Written Word of God and God's name Jehovah made known throughout the earth, as did Luther. profaned among the nations. And the nations will know that I am Jehovah, says the Lord Jehovah, when I sanctify myself before their eyes. I, Jehovah, have spoken and will do it!" - Ezekiel 36:22, 23, 36 Brockhaus Translation 1871 - So sanctification of the divine name Jehovah is of the utmost importance. To enable everyone to do this, the Bible, the Written Word of God and God's name Jehovah made known throughout the earth, as did Luther. the written word of God and God's name Jehovah made known throughout the earth. Luther did this too. the written word of God and God's name Jehovah made known throughout the earth. Luther did this too.
Kurt Willy Triller, Eppelheim

Sunday night, I started to watch this at about 2:30 am, while my wife was sleeping next to me. But the TV Soundbar speaker needs a high setting for regular TV and a low setting for Netflix. So when I switched between HDMI's to get to Netflix I forgot to turn down the volume, and got that 100-decibel GONG that introduces Netflix. She woke up and told me to turn the TV off, which I did.
And then I saw your recommendation on Monday. So I watched it. Yes, it was an overused setup for that kind of detective movie, but quite entertaining. And somehow they worked in a James Bond style ending that we might associate with Daniel Craig. And the most unexpected ending with Ed Norton in blackface, and the Mona Lisa in blackface, twice (-- if you know what I mean).

This just tells me, you don't read posts very well, and just wish to be combative. Read it again. This time, try glasses. You'll find, I was directing my thought about the poster "WITNESS", as a person of interest when it comes to scriptural viewpoints.
I don't care about your viewpoints, since you have no real intellectual ones to offer.

Ten seconds later I got the widows/windows thing.
Not bad.
Only took 44 years and ten seconds.

I can tell you why there are no Octopudgys.
Years ago I  had drank about six beers from my dog dish at the beach and feeling amorous, saw a lady Octopus at the water’s edge.
I don’t remember what happened next, but I woke up next to a soggy plaid bagpipes.

Unfortunately, you have no facts to back up your illogical false claims, other than try, to equate them with unsound thoughts. That just means, the poster is not a good debater, just a hater.

Ten seconds later I got the widows/windows thing.
Not bad.
Only took 44 years and ten seconds.

You are overthinking this, AmidstheRoses.
Did Sampson kill himself … yes or no?
He did.
That’s EXACTLY the definition of suicide.
All else is backstory. 

Alas, I’m told the guy is British, straight as they come, married, with two kids. It’s a bit embarrassing to have been caught judging a book by its cover. But, you have to admit, he doesn’t exactly look the James Bond type, and in these squirrelly times, you never know what’s coming next.
I promise not to say anything if Allan is presented as the next James Bond. I’ll zip it.

Please don’t overthink things. People generally do well to act on their first instinct.

I fully agree.
But is it kindness to allow a brother in your home who spits on you and the other guests, taking advantage of the scriptural counsel exercised by others to ignore it themself?
I think not.
Three years ago  I took a relative into my home to live rent free after her eviction, and as I sat in a chair she chewed me out for 2-1/2 hours about things she didn’t like. I even got 10 minutes of how I was so smug, not reacting to her complaints.
She thought because I loved her she had an inalienable RIGHT to be there.
I gave her three days to find another place and leave. She refused to go. I had a police officer explain it to her. 
All you have quoted is completely valid, Amidtheroses, but there is more to everything than just that …. usually.
 

Your wish is senseless. I have no agenda.
I am not debating anyones’ viewpoint BUT MY OWN, which when I get new facts, will change.
About 11 years ago I caught myself saying in discussions about Superman “Superman said this” or “Superman did that…”, or “Kal-El did this or that”, etc. with others who were doing the same thing, and  realized I was starting to think in patterns of “Well, you know, perhaps the Neutrinos from our Sun gave Superman his super powers ….”.
Since then I always in a debate about fantasies start out  specifying that we are debating fictional ideas.  “ The CHARACTER Superman had a dog named Krypto, etc.”
There is even an error in that last sentence, but it one point it all becomes too cumbersome.
Abjuring agenda driven thinking is hard work.
 

For no particular reason other than I am following Twitter at the moment, what if if was the new James Bond walking into that bar?

leading off not with his familiar, ‘My name is Bond—James Bond’ but with his pronouns.
’My name is theirs—James Theirs.’
the photo may be satire. There was a time when I would without hesitation say it was. But these woke times that drive entertainment industry are such that just maybe it is not.

Ten seconds later I got the widows/windows thing.
Not bad.
Only took 44 years and ten seconds.

And I bet they didn't serve children either.

I dunno. Are you sure you didn’t mean there were only widows?

Well, I don’t know what they are. I do know I try to become all things to all people or whatever Paul said about that.

Basically, that means being agreeable and courteous, and trying to understand another’s viewpoint. 
One summer in Pittsburgh PA possibly 1978, a bunch of us from work went to this bar with no widows for lunch. I was first to reach the door and as I opened it this huge muscular drunk black guy with tattoos was in the doorway facing me. He says “Nobody likes me..” and I patted him on his shoulder and said “Welll, I can certainly understand that.”, and we had a nice 30 second conversation about sports something or another, blocking the doorway, while the people behind me audibly gasped, and anticipated a fight.
He left, and we went inside and had lunch, with two beers.
They talked about that for years!
Apparently, in the bar section of Liberty Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh, that was  not the normal outcome ……

I’m with you on that ungrateful relative situation! Too many times I, also, have taken a ‘down and out’ woman into my home, only to be shocked at how they take advantage of it or have standards that I can’t handle in my home.

We all have our strengths, weaknesses, idiosyncrasies. You rather remind of “the Sons of Thunder” whom Jesus chose to be among the 12: James & John.

*** Insight, Vol. 2, p.91 ***
“Early in their ministry as apostles, Jesus gave the surname Boanerges (meaning “Sons of Thunder”) to John and his brother James. (Mr 3:17) This title certainly does not denote any soft sentimentality or lack of vigor but, rather, dynamism of personality. When a Samaritan village refused to receive Jesus, these “Sons of Thunder” were ready to call down fire from heaven to annihilate its inhabitants. Previously, John had tried to prevent a man from expelling demons in Jesus’ name. Jesus gave reproof and correction in each case.—Lu 9:49-56.
The two brothers on those occasions showed misunderstanding and, to a great extent, lacked the balance and the loving, merciful spirit that they later developed. Nevertheless, on these two occasions the brothers manifested a spirit of loyalty and a decisive, vigorous personality that, channeled in the right direction, made them strong, energetic, faithful witnesses. James died a martyr’s death at the hands of Herod Agrippa I (Ac 12:1, 2), and John endured as a pillar “in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in company with Jesus” as the last living apostle.—Re 1:9.
When James and John apparently got their mother to request that they sit next to Christ in his Kingdom, they demonstrated an ambitious spirit that made the other apostles indignant. But it afforded Jesus a fine opportunity to explain that the one great among them would be the one who served the others. Then he pointed out that even He came to minister and to give his life a ransom for many. (Mt 20:20-28; Mr 10:35-45) However selfish their desire was, the incident reveals their faith in the reality of the Kingdom.“
Plus you provide more laughs than a barrel of monkeys. And don’t we need that in these ‘critical times hard to deal with?!
😱😭🤕🙏   😂😂🤣🤣

Doesn’t sound Christlike to me…
“The one who loves God should be loving his brother also.”—1 John 4:21
*** w68 10/1 p.592 ***
What, though, is involved in loving fellow Christians? What is a proper relationship with them? How should we view our association with one another in the Christian congregation?
The worldly view often is to seek friends or associates on the basis of what they can do to enhance one’s prestige and image. It is common for worldly persons to consider themselves superior or more important than others. Many times their attitude is to use others, to cheat or tread on them before others can do the same to them. But how different is the balanced Christian view!
Note the inspired admonition of God’s Word: Do “nothing out of contentiousness or out of egotism, but with lowliness of mind considering that the others are superior to you, keeping an eye, not in personal interest upon just your own matters, but also in personal interest upon those of the others. Keep this mental attitude in you that was also in Christ Jesus, who, although he was existing in God’s form, . . . emptied himself and took a slave’s form.”—Phil. 2:2-7.